Bringing Back the Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
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Bringing back the Male Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo is a distinctive large bird characterised by its yellow tail, bright cheek patch and loud call. Female Hakea As one of Australia’s largest cockatoos these and Wildlife SA along with Friends groups, birds depend on ancient tree hollows to nest environmental agencies and private landowners and raise their young. Many old trees that once are revegetating areas with native food plants stood throughout the landscape have been and trees that will one day form hollows. cleared – leaving very few hollows for those who Yellow-tailed need them. We can also help by volunteering with a Friends Black Cockatoo group or increasing our own knowledge of BY JASON TYNDALL | ILLUSTRATIONS Native food plants such as sheoaks, banksias, native plants, animals and the habitats they and hakeas have also declined, fortunately live in. With our knowledge, we may very well these cockies have developed a reliance on the develop a passion strong enough that we feel seeds of introduced pines – although despite compelled to contribute to the survival and having enough to eat it doesn’t equate to more recovery of species such as the Yellow-tailed tree hollows or an increase in population. Black Cockatoo. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo illustrations referenced from photography by David T. Cox photography by David T. from Black Cockatoo illustrations referenced Yellow-tailed As a result, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos are listed as Vulnerable across South Australia meaning they may someday be on the Endangered list. Silver Banksia Drooping To conserve and improve the population of Sheoak these cockatoos across the state, National Parks natureplaysa.org.au nationalparkssa.sa.gov.au.